Military operation by Russian soldiers to take the control of Ukrainian military base in Fedosia 240

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Monday, 24 March 2014 12:05

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Defence & Security News - Ukraine

Monday, March
24, 2014 01:00 PM

Military
operation by Russian soldiers to take the control of Ukrainian military
base in Fedosia.

Russian
troops took the control of another Ukranian military base in the city
of Fedosia. The military operation started at about 4:15 a.m. on March
24, with dull explosions echoing over Feodosia. Russian soldiers and Russian-backed
Crimean self-defense forces threw stun grenades into the territory of
the military base of the the 1st Detached Feodosia Battalion of Marines.

Pro-Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms arrange a position near Ukrainian
marines base in the city of Feodosia, Crimea, on Sunday. The Russian Defence
Ministry said that as of Sunday the Russian flag was now flying over 189
military facilities in Crimea.

There was machine-gun
fire from the Russian side, and fists from the Ukrainian side. But the
base was quickly taken by three Russian armored personnel carriers BTR-80.

Several military trucks were seen leaving the base less than two hours
later with some Ukrainian marines whose hands had been tied.

The Ukrainian statement
said two commanders were injured when they were kicked in the face before
being taken away in a helicopter in an unknown direction.